“Dad if I die in the sea, I will tell God that it was your fault”
My name is Rashid and I’m a Palestinian born in Damascus. I have lived 9 months in Sweden.
In Syria I lived an ordinary life. I studied and worked in a plastic factory. My family decided to leave the country because of the war. To create a future. As Palestinians we did’nt have a citizenship in Syria.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden“It was difficult to breathe and to be completely quiet”
My name is Tariq, I’m 23 years old and come from Syria. Today I live in Malmö.
I lived in a city called Dara. I studied and worked at the same time. I finished high school and I wanted to go to college, but there was no security in the country so it did’nt work.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden“I survived”
My name is Josef and I come from Damascus in Syria.
I was born in the Yarmuk refugee camp and studied in UNRWA schools in Syria. Then I studied Economics at Damascus University. As a youth, I was politically active about the Palestinian issue. I was imprisoned several times by the Syrian government because of my political activities. I traveled to Saudi Arabia for 4 years to work as an economist, and then I moved back to Syria. I got married and got 4 Children.
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Dublin Core: Language: swe Subject: asylum, refugees, A Million Stories, Sweden